The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-13
THROUGH THE sTATE.
Accidents and Incidents In West virgipi,
and Vicinity.

The passenger trains on the West Vir
ginia Central and Pittsburgh road com
menced running over the new branch L
keyaer yesterday. M
The wages Of shop men on the Baltl
more 4 Ohio have been increased
Machinists ges an advance OF Ii cents and
the blacksmiths 10 cents. ..-5t.
Salt is selling ut S. per parrel in Web
ater county. That county recently yotet
down a proposition to subscribe to the
capital stock Of railroad. ...
The county court Of Lincoln county vii
submit to the voters proposition to vote
1000 in bonds to erect a Jail, something
the county is very much in need Of.
The passenger fare on the G. & O, roat
under the Interstate commerce law re-
mains the same as before, only that LOON
mile tickets are sold TO all persons a
a25 90.
Alexander Grimes, OF Martinsburg, nov
81 years Of age, has lived in that town al
his lie, and has never been ten milei
away from it, yet he was never on the carr
but once.
Hon. John B. Floyd, ex State Senator
from Logan county, clerk in Secretary Of
State Walkers office, is reported to have
assumed editorial charge Of the Labor .4d.
rocate Of Charleston.
Randolph Morgan, farmer Of Green.
brier county, aged Heventy-two, was mar.
ried recently to Mrs. Wade, widow
aged sixty.one, who had been residing on
his farm aB a tenant.
The B. & 0. Railroad Company has ap.
propriated $4,000 to start school oil
technology at Mt. Glare. It also proposes
to start home for disabled and aged en-.
ployes Of the company at Mt. Airy.
A boom in real estate 10 reported from
Mcdowell county A sale has been Of.
fect.d ONO 8 CD and Dry Forks Of -.
600 acres, Sc, 900 being the price paid
Other laud sales are reported elsewhere in
the county. s. 500
John Canlehan, Doddridge county
farmer, living about three miles from West
Union, was struck and severely injured,
probably fatally, by limb that iell on
him as no was cutting timber. A very bad
cash was cut in his bead.
James Whites stable, in jackson coun.
ty, fell down few days ago, burying a
son OF the proprietor in tho ruins. His
mother and little brother dug him out,
and strange to relate, instead OF being
killed, he vas only slightly scratched and
bruised.
| A tree Was cut near Oakland, Nd, q
few days since which made IN amount oI
lumber almoat incredible. lieut. nineteen
logs altogether, OF which 8 were twelve
feet long, 8 sixteen, 3 fourteen and eight
foot logs. The tree was five feet in diane.
ter, and made 4,400 feet.
Hon. Geo. Hartman, OF Grant county,
met with a painful accident while on his
way home from Petersburg, where he had
been attending county court. His horse
frightened while going at rapid gait
and made lungo backward, throwing
Mr.. Harman over his head to the ground.
As K. W. Hill, OF Pocahontas county,
was engaged in blowing on hillside, bis
horses suddenly went into sink about IL
fee. deep. One was taken out alive but
has since died and the other was wedged
between two rocks and 30 badly crushed
that it died just as it reached the top OF
the ground.
Rev. Mr.. Webb, Baptist minister OF
Pocahontas county, while on his travels
encountered large bear. He was practi.
caliy unarmed, having only small pocket
knife about him. The bear was bent on
mischief, and Mr.. Webb WAS kept on the
defensive for nearly five hours before be
got q chance 10 use the knife with fatal
effect on the bears throat.
The Grafton Standard Enterprise gets of
the following: When Captain Clements
retired from the Baltimore l. Ohio road,
Durham tho then general manager, had
the name "West Virginia" stricken from
his private car. Dunbar didn't seem to
| know that there was such q State. When
General Manager Clelnents comes In on
the 18th inst. that name must 20 back on
that car. Mark that prediction!
The oil field at Volcano. twenty miles
from Parkersburg, ia again assuming an
appearance simiiar to that OF its brightest
days. A large number Of new wells are
being sunk, and many more are to 70
down. Qnite number Of paying ones
have been struck. The West Virginia
Transportation Company, L. l.. Johnston,
Fultz and Roberts and Wyatt Il Fischer
will sink at once about twenty wella DO.
tween the town OF Volcano and the June.
ton OF the Baltimore and Ohio road. A
big boom is expected in this field during
the summer.
Louis and James Viquesney, brothers
have been lodged in the jail in Randolph
county, charged with burning John
Mann's barn. Warrants have been Issued
for three other men who are implicated
in tho burning. The evidence that cauBed
the arrest WIS procured by Detective
IIaggerty and Grant kittle. kittle 80.
journed for some time in tho neighbor.
hood where the crime wRB committed fol
the cstensible purpoae Of recruiting hit
health, and worked himself into the con.
ddence Of the suspected parties, who
made disclosures to him that resulted in
their arrest,
Tho Parkersburg mombers Of the
Travellers Protective Association, promise
10 make Inoat imposing display hero
May 5, on tho occasion Of the second an
nuai meeting Of the State Division OF the
Travellers Protective Association. 1t II
now said that that city will send 100 rep
rehentativGs. All will wear ailk hats ant
carry canes. The City Band will accom-
pany them. Other leading towna vii
|Gcnd good sized delegations and the hos
pitality Of the local post will be taxed t,
the utmoBt. Tho Wholesale merchants
however, sro putting up handsomely I.
deiray tho expenBca that will be inquired
Tho young man named Emmsns, o
Randolph county, who waH reported l.
have been Inn oser by . train and kille
al Bridgeport, Harrison county, fow day
since, It now appeara, put tho report Il
circulation himref Just provioua 10 leay
ling for tho Vest Tho report va the lai
move in Il scheme no had been workin
for weeka past, which consisted In hi
writing Rnries OF letters 10 his friend
telling them that he had experienced se'
eral promonitionp Of death and felt cel